CWA Local 3176 has launched a web site called centuryteldoesnotcare.com to explain what workers at Century Tel are fighting for in a new labor contract. The local rejected the company''s latest offer and has authorized a strike.

Tesla Motors may be  modern and cutting edge with its electric vehicles, but it's old school when it comes to worker safety. Worksafe, a California group pushing for safer conditions for workers, says Tesla's worker injury rate "consistently exceeded industry averages". The group's report says Tesla's worker injury rate at its Fremont California plant is a third higher than average. For serious workplace injuries, it's more than twice the industry average rate.

The Kentucky AFL-CIO and Teamsters Local 89 are suing to overturn the anti-union Kentucky Right To Work Act. The law took away the right of union workers to include dues payments in their collective bargaining agreement with employers. 

VW has until May 24th to respond to a new NLRB labor law violations charge. VW already was charged for refusing to recognize and bargain with UAW Local 42 at the VW Chattanooga Tennessee plant.